Harness-loop.



PATBNTBD SEPT. 2O', 1905.

F. O. ROGERS. HARNESS LOOP. APPLIOATION FILED HAY'29,1905.

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first folded orbent into shape an UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

FREDERIC e. ROGERS', 0E MILES, TExAs.,

HARNESS-LOOP.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

ratented'sept. 2e, 1905.

Application filed May 29, 1905. Serial No. 262,862.

. iication.

This invention relates to harness-loops or billet-loops for receiving and retaining the free ends 'of straps, billets, and the like.-

Ordinarily harness and billet loo s are then stitched to a strap, the stitching being-performed by hand, for the reason that machinestitching is impossible on vaccount of the loop being in the path of the needle. Having appreciated this diiiiculty, l propose to overcome the same by the production of a new and novel form of billet-loop which is capable of being opened out to permit machine-A stitching of the same to a strap and afterward adjusted to complete the loop in a very simple, expeditious, and inexpensive manner.

With this object in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the a pended claims, it being understood that c anges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing` from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.I y

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a harness-loop having the loop of the present invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is' an enlarged sectional viewtaken through the loop in substantial arallelism with the strap. Fig. 3 is an enarged cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing a modified arrangement 4of the invention.

ln' carrying out the present invention it is roposed to have the loop made up of a eather part to be stitched to a strap and metal parts carried by the ends of the leather part and capable ofbeing int'erengaged to complete the loop. The leather or flexible part 1 is in the nature of a web or strap of suitable width and length, andthe metal parts 2 and 3 are in the nature of angle-irons or arches, which are connectedin any suitable manner to the ends of the web 1-as, for

struc'ted by the web 1.

instance, by rivets 4. The free end of the member 2 is notched or recessed in the top thereof, as indicated at 5, so as to form a seat for the tongue portion 6 of the free end of the other member 3, said tongue being produced by a transverse notch or recess 7 in the under or inner side of the member 3. ln the seat 5 of the member 2 there is a socket 8 constituting a keeper for thereception ofthe free headed end of Vspring-latch 9, suitably secured within a bifurcationlO in the tongue 6.

vTo attachthe present loop, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the flexible web 1 is placed transversely between the plies or layers 11 and 12 of the strap with the metal parts 2` and 3 detached and separated, so as to have the stra unobstructed to permit of the longitudina rows of stitches '13, Awhich are employed to'connect the plies of the strap, being sewed through the web 1 without stopping or otherwise interrupting the operation of the machine employed for stitching the plies or layers `of the strap. each longitudinal edge of the ply or layer 11 lt is preferred to have of the strapV notched or cut away, as at 14, to

receive the web V1, so that when the metallic members 2 and 3 are swung inwardly toward vone another to snap the spring-catch 9 into engagement with the keeper 8,so as to complete the loop, the bent end portions of the web 1 may come into the notches or cutaway portions, so as to avoid projections at op osite 'edges of the strap.

esides enabling the loop to be machinestitched to the strap the separable feature of the members 2 and 3 permits of the latter being engaged across the intermediate portion of a loose strap from opposite edges thereof when it -is im ossible or undesirable to run the free end o the strap through the loop.

When applying the loop to a single-ply strap 15, as shown in Fig. 5, the web lis applied across one face of the strap and secured thereto by means of two rows of stitches 16, and the members 2 and 3 are engaged across IOO the opposite side of the strap in order that the interior of the loop Inay not be ob- From the foregoing description it will be understood that the loop of the present in'-l vention is entirely complete in itself and may be very conveniently stitched by machine to a strap without preparing the latter.

Havin fully described the invention, what is c aimed isi' 1. A harness-loop comprising an attach- IIO ing-base, side members carried b y the ends of the base and capable of being folded inwardly to arch across the same, the free ends of the side members being notched to iit flush when 1n engagement, a keeper carried by one of the members, and a spring-latch carried by the other member for engagement with the keeper to connect the members.

ment to arch across the base and complete the loop, and spring locking means carried by the side members and capable of snapping into engagement when the side members are brought into engagement.

el. A harness-'loop comprising a, lexible penetrable base, metallic angle members ha ving corresponding ends secured to the respective ends of the base and capable of being folded inwardly across the base to bring their other ends into mutual engagemenu the free end of one olI the angle members being J notched and provided in its notched portion with a socket,V the free, end ot the other member being notched and biiurcated to lit in the notched portion of the first-mentioned meniber, and a spring-latch mounted in the bifureated portion ol'Y said other member and eapable of engagement with the socket oll the lirst-n'ientioned member when the two menibers are brought into engagement.

ln testimony that lV claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto allxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDlClllC (l. ROGERS. litnesses l). M. MCKINLEY, LAY C. CUiAVnLL. 

